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Engineer/architect Selected for UW Performing Arts Project

May 6, 2011 — Additions to and renovations of the University of Wyoming
Fine Arts Building will move forward following Friday's selection of an
architect/engineering firm for the project, the second phase of improvements to
UW fine arts facilities.

UW's Board of Trustees on Friday selected Tobin Associates
P.C./Hammel, Green & Abrahamson of Cheyenne and Minneapolis, Minn., as the
project's architect/engineer. A silver equivalent LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) rating, with alternative energy and systems
approaches to sustainability, will be a requirement of the facility design and
construction.

Portions of the Fine Arts Building will be vacated by the
Department of Art upon completion of the first phase, the Visual Arts Building
expected to be completed late this fall.

The Performing Arts project may include approximately 50,000
gross square feet of new construction and renovation of portions of the
existing building of approximately 120,000 gross square feet. The improvements
to the building will include: Personnel and faculty offices; office support
such as work rooms, reception, conference/seminar rooms, lounges and storage
rooms; teaching laboratory/studios such as music, music rehearsal, acting and
dance; and performance spaces such as concert halls and theatres.

The funding is available through a 2011 appropriation to
complete the design and construction documents to obtain a guaranteed-maximum
price to present to the 2012 Wyoming State Legislature to construct and equip
the Performing Arts addition and renovate the Fine Arts Building, says Douglas
H. Vinzant, the university's vice president for administration.